War Books: The Marine Corps Commandant's 2026 Reading List
Alien1Being
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June 18, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
trhway
"The Arms of the Future: Technology and Close Combat in the Twenty-First Century" somehow i feel that the Pentagon leadership didn't read that book before starting the Iran affair.
rramadass
Seems to be missing a bunch of essential subjects, viz; Warfare within the context of overall Statecraft, Integrated warfare, Information warfare, Asymmetric warfare, Grey-zone warfare, Psychology w.r.t. Propaganda/Reflexive control/Active measures, Behavioural game theory etc. All the tactics/technology/manpower/training/stories/anecdotes are insufficient if one does not have an understanding of the overall strategic theory within which they operate. "Winning" has many forms depending upon the context. PS: List of military strategies and concepts - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_strategies_an...